Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers?

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In Reply to: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? posted by NEAR SOTA on May 30, 2003 at 22:17:07:

well: here goes:
Focal tc-90:
If implemented wrong, can have a sandpaper like effect. It has a resonance within it's own frequency band and can in fact sound very etched.
VMPS bypassed this by using focal tweeter between a ribbon mid, and ribbon tweeter, cutting the focal off early. Never had them sound too bright, unless I really tweaked them to do so.
Vandersteen 5.0: uses a VIFA aluminum tweeter as does Von sweikert. It would be hard pressed to get them to sound over bright really.
Thiel uses metal tweet, and arguably "can" be bright. Maybe it's just telling the truth?
Energy Veritas: I found that with good gear, the metal does not sound too bright. hook up a kenwood reciever, a sony discman and you might feel pain though...
Signet: used to use seas aluminum tweet. Pretty sweet and slightly laid back.
B&W: uses metal. they can sound revealing, they can sound try. Some people percieve them under some circumstances to be tizzy and bright.
Magnat used a plasma tweeter. it's metal...ok..bad example.
Does heil count? it uses a ribbon which is a lot of metal, but is very detailed and airy
Canton: got laudits for it's all metal speakers. somebody liked them
Wilson: uses focal tioxid tweeters. Considered very detailed, sought after by cost-is-no-object types.
Klipsch: uses titanium diaphragms in the reference series. using tubes and good cable, with maybe a sub, they do not sound over bright.
Paradigm: uses metal tweet in lower models. They can sound sizzly.
I'd say the use of metal tweeters varys greatly. It all depends on the designer. Metal can be very fast, and truthful. It can also be percieved as tinny and hard. Implementation and front end make all the difference in the world. You can make metal sound tizzy, with an oil-can effect or cupping distortion, or a natural extension of the midrange.

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Topic - What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - NEAR SOTA 22:17:07 05/30/03 (9)

Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - Lowrider 07:22:34 06/01/03 (0)

Thanks for the reply's as - NEAR SOTA 20:09:29 05/31/03 (2)

NEAR: R.I.P. - Low 06:00:18 06/01/03 (1)

They are still there,but - NEAR SOTA 08:21:23 06/03/03 (0)

Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - hahax 14:22:42 05/31/03 (0)

Metal Drivers: not all are tweeters - Big Dave 06:29:08 05/31/03 (1)

Big Dave! - NEAR SOTA 16:57:55 05/31/03 (0)

Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - Low 04:31:37 05/31/03 (0)

Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - Haoleb 22:45:48 05/30/03 (0)

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Re: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? - Low 04:31:37 05/31/03 (0)

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